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"I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting."
David Knopfler
"I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting."
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"O Lord, I thank you for the gift of life."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"O Lord, I thank you for the gift of life."
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"All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanak's spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense."
Abhijit Naskar
"All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanak's spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense."
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"There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion."
Jeane Kirkpatrick
"There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion."
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"If a religion cannot help a human wherever he or she stands, it is not of much use."
Abhijit Naskar
"If a religion cannot help a human wherever he or she stands, it is not of much use."
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"The purpose of religion is to enhance love, compassion, kindness, and care.It teaches us forgiveness, humility, tolerance, patience, and to share."
Debasish Mridha
"The purpose of religion is to enhance love, compassion, kindness, and care.It teaches us forgiveness, humility, tolerance, patience, and to share."
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"I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church."
Shaun Cassidy
"I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church."
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"Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff."
Sojourner Truth
"Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff."
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"I can tell you 100 percent Pastor Jones will not burn the Quran tomorrow. There will be no Quran burning."
Kilari Anand Paul
"I can tell you 100 percent Pastor Jones will not burn the Quran tomorrow. There will be no Quran burning."
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"Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way."
Karl Barth
"Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way."
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"Living by faith, living by hope."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Living by faith, living by hope."
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"Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures help us to build a strong trust in the truth of God."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures help us to build a strong trust in the truth of God."
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"I broke with my religion in college."
Anne Rice
"I broke with my religion in college."
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"Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe."
Henry Norris Russell
"Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe."
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"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."
Thomas Paine
"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."
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"A person's affinity towards his or her own religious beliefs, has the same neurological qualities as of his or her emotional affinity towards the romantic partner. In fact the symptoms that follow the early euphoric phase of romantic love are often seen in religious people when their beloved religious faith is challenged."
Abhijit Naskar
"A person's affinity towards his or her own religious beliefs, has the same neurological qualities as of his or her emotional affinity towards the romantic partner. In fact the symptoms that follow the early euphoric phase of romantic love are often seen in religious people when their beloved religious faith is challenged."
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"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."
Robert Green Ingersoll
"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."
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"The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes."
James Randi
"The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes."
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"There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious."
Polly Toynbee
"There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious."
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"Perhaps it is true that, by some definitions, Satan is more religious than God. Many of the particularly proud sinners are deceived into thinking that Satan is anti-religious, that he likes seeing people do immoral things simply because he likes immoral things. Doubtful; Satan likes for people to do immoral things so that he can blame them for doing immoral things. The Father of Lies laughs not with his teammates, but at them."
Criss Jami
"Perhaps it is true that, by some definitions, Satan is more religious than God. Many of the particularly proud sinners are deceived into thinking that Satan is anti-religious, that he likes seeing people do immoral things simply because he likes immoral things. Doubtful; Satan likes for people to do immoral things so that he can blame them for doing immoral things. The Father of Lies laughs not with his teammates, but at them."
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"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship."
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"Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun."
Stephen Spender
"Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun."
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"I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way."
Guru Nanak
"I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way."
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"He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity."
Maimonides
"He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity."
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"Only when we pray for one another, we will have peace."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Only when we pray for one another, we will have peace."
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"My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston."
Lionel Blue
"My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston."
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"With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying."
Frederick Law Olmsted
"With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying."
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"Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest."
William Gurnall
"Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest."
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"The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard."
Julius Streicher
"The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard."
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"Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind."
James Martineau
"Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind."
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"I do engineering, not religion."
Daniel J. Bernstein
"I do engineering, not religion."
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"Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories."
Brigham Young
"Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories."
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"The problem with Christianity is more people profess the truth than live it. So much hypocrisy abounds that I can no longer say I count myself among them without being held to the same unachievable standard."
Shannon L. Alder
"The problem with Christianity is more people profess the truth than live it. So much hypocrisy abounds that I can no longer say I count myself among them without being held to the same unachievable standard."
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"The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain."
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"This eternal accusation against Christianity I shall write upon all walls, wherever walls are to be found--I have letters that even the blind will be able to see. . . . I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough,--I call it the one immortal blemish upon the human race..."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"This eternal accusation against Christianity I shall write upon all walls, wherever walls are to be found--I have letters that even the blind will be able to see. . . . I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough,--I call it the one immortal blemish upon the human race..."
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"I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory."
Paul Farmer
"I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory."
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"He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it set in again."
Stephen King
"He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it set in again."
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"If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be."
Ziggy Marley
"If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be."
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"Jesus Christ seeks to save the lost souls."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Jesus Christ seeks to save the lost souls."
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"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
Alfred North Whitehead
"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
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"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."
Desiderius Erasmus
"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."
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"Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone."
Karl Barth
"Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone."
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"Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood."
Moses Mendelssohn
"Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood."
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"Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind."
Paul Bert
"Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind."
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"I believe that the end of things man-made cannot be very far away - must be near at hand."
John Harvey Kellogg
"I believe that the end of things man-made cannot be very far away - must be near at hand."
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"The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly."
Karl Schlegel
"The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly."
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"The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world."
John Ambrose Fleming
"The theory of evolution is totally inadequate to explain the origin and manifestation of the inorganic world."
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"The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence."
Robert Rainy
"The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence."
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"I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world."
Gordon Brown
"I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world."
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"Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome."
Benjamin Whichcote
"Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome."
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